Going Up!: Elisha Otis’s Trip to the Top

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Author: Monica Kulling
Illustrator: David Parkins
Publisher: Tundra Books Inc
Publish Date: April 2014
Series: Great Idea
Language: English
Reading Level: 3.5
EAN: 9781770495166

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Overview

In 1818, seven-year-old Elisha was fascinated by farm machinery. As a young man, he tried a variety of ways to make a living, but nothing fired his imagination more than the job he found in a bed-frame factory. Soon he invented a machine that made frames four times faster than ever before. In 1852, while overseeing the construction of a new factory, he had to find a way to move heavy machinery to the second floor. He didn’t trust the hoisting platform, so he invented a safety brake. It was so successful that rather than lift machine parts, Elisha decided to build “people-hoisting machines.” In 1857, Elisha Otis installed his first successful passenger elevator in a five-storey department store in New York City. Before Elisha’s invention, buildings were never higher than six stories. At last it was possible to build skyscrapers!

Details

Pages: 32
Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 0.2 in
Interest Level: Lower Grade (LG)
Point Value: 0.5
ISBN: 1770495169